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The 2007 Sabbath Year: A Timeline of Events &
Opportunities
JANUARY 31, 2007
Spring/Summer 2007
- Official half-way point to the
Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs).
- Sabbath Year resolutions introduced in denominational
gatherings around the country (contact
Jubilee USA for a
draft resolution).
-
G8 summit held in Germany (site of the Jubilee 2000 debt
relief commitments) where people of faith and conscience are
working to put global poverty and the need for cancellation of
illegitimate debts on the summit agenda.
Fall 2007
- National rolling fast to call for a hearing on the JUBILEE
Act.
- Annual meetings of the
IMF and World Bank
in Washington, DC.
- Fall event and lobby day organized by
Jubilee USA.
- Jubilee launches its annual “Drop the Debt!” national
speaking tour with partners from the Global South - consider
inviting the speakers to your community!
- Hearing on the JUBILEE Act in the Financial Services
Committee or a "people’s hearing" on Capitol Hill.
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